After the defeat, former Coventry boss Robins met with the club's directors and has now had his contract cancelled by mutual consent.

A club statement released by the club on Sunday morning revealed: "Following yesterday’s first day defeat, Mark met with the board of directors. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mark and the directors all agreed it would be in the interests of all parties to part company.

"Accordingly, Mark’s contract has ended amicably and by mutual consent."

Club chairman Dean Hoyle said: "Mark has put his all into the job over the past 16 months and has made a big contribution to the club.

"He arrived at the club at a difficult time and immediately impacted to keep us in the Championship.

“Mark’s approach to this has been refreshing. He has always put the club before himself and worked tirelessly on the training ground to change our way of playing and we have seen that come to fruition.

“Mark will be someone that I personally, and we as a club, will always remain in contact with.”

The club confirmed assistant manager Steve Thompson and first team coach Steve Eyre will take charge of training today until a permanent appointment is made.

Robins, who has also bossed Rotherham United, Coventry and Barnsley, took over at Huddersfield in February, leading them to a 17th place finish in the Championship.